Jill Kelley, the financially troubled Tampa woman who inadvertently tipped off authorities to David Petraeus' affair, is suing the FBI and Dept. of Defense for defamation and loss of privacy. But if her privacy was so compromised, how come we still don't know what a "Tampa socialite" is?
Susan Lucci, Stephen Colbert Up the Ante on the Petraeus Affair

As the Petraeus affair gets more and more and more ridiculous, it becomes very difficult to decipher fact from fiction. On last night's Colbert Report, Susan Lucci — no stranger to ridiculous drama, but, sadly, a stranger to Emmy-winning — revealed some new plot twists in the Love Pentagon.
Frederick Humphries Is the FBI Agent Who Emailed Shirtless Pictures to Jill Kelley
Mystery solved. Frederick Humpries is the FBI agent who helped start the investigation that led to this whole Petraeus affair scandal, but, more importantly, he's also the FBI agent who emailed a shirtless picture of himself to Jill Kelley.
Six Degrees of David Petraeus: The Nick Denton Connection
The Petraeus scandal has taken a terrifying turn. The ever-widening circle of dark and shifty characters involved in the CIA sexcapade now includes figures associated with the Lincoln Group, the secretive Iraq and Afghanistan propaganda contractor famous for paying Iraqi newspapers to run fake pro-American news…
Petraeus' Pal Jill Kelley Loaned $800,000 to Her 'Unstable' Twin Sister
Well, it looks like David Petraeus got himself wrapped up with some real fine folks when he befriended the Khawam family. Jill Kelley (nee Khawam) is the financially troubled Tampa socialite who went to the feds complaining of harassing emails from an anonymous tormentor who turned out to by Paula Broadwell. Her twin…
A Flowchart of the Petraeus Affair's Love Pentagon, from the Shirtless FBI Agent to Chuck Klosterman
Since CIA director David Petraeus resigned on Friday over an extramarital affair uncovered by the FBI, the story has shifted from John Le Carré espionage novel to Vince Flynn right-wing thriller to misanthropic Coen Brothers farce — adding along the way more characters, more improbable situations, and best of all,…
General John R. Allen Reportedly Exchanged 20,000 to 30,000 Pages of 'Potentially Inappropriate' Emails With Jill Kelley
This scandal just won't quit, will it? The Petraeus affair, which already took a turn for the weird earlier tonight when news broke that an FBI agent was emailing shirtless pictures of himself to Jill Kelley, has now expanded to include another high-ranking military official, General John R. Allen, the commander of…
An FBI Agent Sent Shirtless Photos of Himself to Jill Kelley, and Other Ridiculous New Details About the Petraeus Investigation (UPDATE)
In a new, strange twist to the ongoing Petraeus scandal, it turns out the FBI agent who started the investigation sent topless photos of himself to Jill Kelley, Petraeus's alleged other other woman. The agent in question was apparently a friend of Kelley's and the person she turned turned to after she received the…
Why Has the Other Woman In the Petraeus Sex Scandal Lawyered Up?
Among the many odd, swirling facts surrounding the unfolding David Petraeus scandal: Jill Kelley, the longtime friend of the former CIA director who reportedly went to the FBI complaining of harassing emails from Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell, has reacted to the mess by bringing out the scandal equivalent of…
We Now Know Who Petraeus' Other Other Woman Is
Yesterday we told you that the only reason the Petraeus scandal came to light was because his mistress Paula Broadwell was sending harassing emails to another woman. Thanks to an AP report, we now know who this woman is.